Cash for Clunkers cost taxpayers $24,000 per real sale
The Cash for Clunkers program provided federal subsidies of up to $4500 for those car owners willing to buy a more fuel-efficient vehicle in exchange for certain classes of gas guzzlers. In all, the C4C program generated over 690,000 sales in the few weeks that it ran, with an average subsidy of $4,348 per sale. How many of these, though, would have bought a new car in the near future anyway? According to a new study by Edmonds, an industry analyst, only 125,000 of these sales would have not been made without C4C — which brings the subsidy to about $24,000 per actual successful incentive (via Snapped Shot).
KAUS: Anita Dunn's Alibi - The Case of the Confusing Chinese?
Obama Communications Director Anita Dunn says she was only cribbing from Lee Atwater when she approvingly quoted from Mao Tse-Tung in a graduation speech. ... Funny thing, though. I can't find a place where Atwater cited Mao. I can find lots of places where Atwater referenced Sun Tzu, whose Art of War he supposedly carried around in dog eared form. ... Hmmm ....
Document Dump: 'Pelosicare' links here
Feds: Son of slain Michigan Islamic leader arrested
DETROIT – Authorities captured the son of the slain leader of a radical Detroit-area Islamic group in Canada on Thursday, a day after the FBI arrested several members and a raid at a suburban warehouse ended in gunfire.
The FBI asked for the public's help in catching two of the 11 suspects in the case still at large, and they emphasized that the group, a faction of the radical U.S. Sunni Islamic group Ummah, held beliefs that were not at all representative of mainstream Islam.
"Any Muslim who took a look at what these people believed would not recognize this as the Muslim faith," Andrew Arena, the head of the FBI in Detroit.
FIRST!
ReplyDeleteYou're on a roll today, Bare! Are you done reading that healthcare bill already? ; )
ReplyDeleteObama Communications Director Anita Dunn says she was only cribbing from Lee Atwater when she approvingly quoted from Mao Tse-Tung in a graduation speech. ... Funny thing, though. I can't find a place where Atwater cited Mao.
ReplyDeleteKaus must be mistaken, I saw Dunn's Atwater attribution cited as cold, hard, objective FACT at, um, another blog.
/whistling innocently
Cool coffee cup!
ReplyDeleteWhere can I buy one?
The Kaus link doesn't work, btw.
ReplyDeleteRunning Bare said...
ReplyDeleteFIRST!
Gotta be some perks to running the site:))) You are in fine form today. I hope we get to see more of it.
You're on a roll today, Bare! Are you done reading that healthcare bill already? ; )
ReplyDeleteI have an executive summary....
We're Screwed.
You're on a roll today, Bare! Are you done reading that healthcare bill already? ; )
ReplyDeleteI read the Cliff Notes version.
Page 1: Bend Over
Page 2: Spread Cheeks like Goatse dude
Page 3: Wait for it... waaaaait for it
Page 4: Pretend you like it
Page 5: Beg for more
The End.
DETROIT – Authorities captured the son of the slain leader of a radical Detroit-area Islamic group in Canada on Thursday, a day after the FBI arrested several members and a raid at a suburban warehouse ended in gunfire.
ReplyDeleteGood for the FBI.
I do hope things don't get too... interesting... in certain parts of Detroit tonight.
I do hope things don't get too... interesting... in certain parts of Detroit tonight.
ReplyDeleteAh yes. Devil's Night or whatever the hell they call that tradition of burning down their city.
Give it up Anita baby.
ReplyDeleteTwo of my favorites...
who I always turn to....
Marxists, Maoists, and Gramsician whores...
OH MY!
OR said;"Kaus must be mistaken, I saw Dunn's Atwater attribution cited as cold, hard, objective FACT at, um, another blog."
ReplyDeleteYep, saw that. Boy, were we punked on that one, huh?
/I guess not
RB,
ReplyDeletePage 6: Pay through the nose.
JCM, we have a Cafe Press store set up. There will be a link on the "Donate" page at the new place...first, I need to buy a cup and make sure the image isn't clipped (though it shouldn't be; I did the graphic to their specifications).
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I've done that I'll link you up!
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeletecold, hard, objective FACT at, um, another blog.
/whistling innocently
Malleable things, those facts.
(In fact, I'll go buy one from myself right now. : )
ReplyDeleteEven worse - neo-gramscians. Ugh.
ReplyDelete(adding 'neo-' to the beginning of anything makes it sound eeeeevil)
ReplyDeleteThat cup/mug is not EVIL enough.
ReplyDeleteAh, but it's a NEO-Cup.
ReplyDeleteI refuse to buy one unless it makes fish cry.
ReplyDeleteI knew NEOPETS were were evil.
ReplyDelete/true Pokemon believer
/
I refuse to buy one unless it makes fish cry.
ReplyDeleteTell ya all what - for every cup that gets bought, I will personally walk out side to the storm drain, and poor a quart of oil down it, AND if you ACT NOW! I will, absolutely free, also toss in there one of those plastic rings that hold six-packs together.
Huh? Huh? That's an offer you CAN'T BEAT WITH A STICK!
That cup/mug is not EVIL enough.
ReplyDeleteFill it with Starbucks........
I refuse to buy one unless it makes fish cry.
ReplyDeleteReminds me; the outdoorsy sports stores are currently pushing the notion that these new, stainless-steel water bottles are much "greener" than the traditional plastic ones. Yet, their ad campaigns to make you plunk down cash for the new product invariably begin, "throw out your plastic water bottle!". Um... then it goes into a landfill, and... ahhh, never mind.
I made a Kon-Trashi out of my plastic water bottles.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it got stuck in the Great Pacific Trash Floater anyway.
Don't worry, I was able to walk home.
Spenser:
ReplyDeleteBoy, were we punked on that one, huh?
Yep! And I recall how the talking point spun on a dime from "well, of course she cited Mao, that just means she's well-read! Not like those dumb, ignorant Republicans" to "she 'got' the line from a [dumb, ignorant, and conveniently dead] Republican!", with no apparent sign of cognitive dissonance.
I have found that you can beat practically ANYTHING with a stick.
ReplyDeleteYMMV. As will your results.
There are certain talking-point distribution sites that I no longer visit.
ReplyDeleteRunning Bare said...
ReplyDelete(adding 'neo-' to the beginning of anything makes it sound eeeeevil)
Just as adding the adjective "Brazilian" makes it sound sexy, and the adjective "Swedish" makes it sound perverted.
OR - The lining of those hip new bottles contain the same chemical that people are trying to ditch with their plastic. Not sure if that problem has been addressed yet. LOL.
ReplyDeleteMy WW2 stainless canteen still works fine.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, even if that "Erector Set" you buy for your kid is made in Sweden, I highly recommend NOT calling it a "Swedish Erector Set".
ReplyDeleteSee how that works?
I read the Cliff Notes version.
ReplyDeletePage 1: Bend Over
Page 2: Spread Cheeks like Goatse dude
Page 3: Wait for it... waaaaait for it
Page 4: Pretend you like it
Page 5: Beg for more
The End.
You left out the 40-grit condom and lack of lubricant.
So, yeah, looks like CC is gonna test drive the Brazilian Swedish C2 Neo-cups.
ReplyDeleteOR: Why not? Like the "jet set," couldn't one call the Swedish Bikini Team a "Swedish Erector Set?"
ReplyDeleteMy WW2 stainless canteen still works fine.
ReplyDeleteRust stains on your teeth must be a problem.......
OTOH, "Naked Lust in Sinful Sweden" was just the Benny Hill version of "Little Bo Peep".
ReplyDelete/Ve kannot looken fur die Scheepen in der rainen
Dianna: OUCH
ReplyDelete40-grit condom
ReplyDeleteMarketed as "stimulus."
Good for the FBI.
ReplyDeleteI do hope things don't get too... interesting... in certain parts of Detroit tonight.
Who could possibly tell the difference? Especially since Halloween falls on a Saturday, this year?
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteRust stains on your teeth must be a problem.......
There is an "edge" to the water, but I have very good blood iron.
I made a Kon-Trashi out of my plastic water bottles.
ReplyDeleteHey, Lurleen! I sez we name our next she-brood "Kon-Trashi". Krystal Beth always sez she wants a l'il sister anyway.
And of course, if you aren't productive enough, they don't bother with step 1 - bend over;
ReplyDeletethey tell you to go right to step 6, the end.
You left out the 40-grit condom and lack of lubricant.
ReplyDeleteNo, the Lube Amendment was cut out of the bill, and as for the birth control, you just know they are gonna knock us up, give us an abortion, and then make us rub it on our skin.
Geez.
/Ve kannot looken fur die Scheepen in der rainen
ReplyDeleteHa! I remember that skit. (From like, ah, 30 years ago... sigh)
"Vat can ve do in der rainen?"
"Frodiyurken?" [sp?]
"Ja, frodiyurken!"
Whenever the British try to get off pretending they're the cultured, enlightened Greek tutors to our brash, powerful, yet boorish Rome, we need only mention "Benny Hill" to get 'em to settle down again.
ReplyDeleteWe know that Anita Dunn is a Mao supporter. What does she and Robert Bauer have in common? Wait. First. Who is Robert Bauer? A laywer about to become a part of Obama's admin.
ReplyDeleteTo answer the first question. Dunn and Bauer are married.
ATTENTION IN THE ROOM!
ReplyDeletePentagon releases names of slain Fort Lewis soldiers
Roadside bombs killed eight U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. The soldiers were members of a Fort Lewis Stryker Brigade.
• Staff Sgt. Luis M. Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, N.Y.
• Sgt. Fernando Delarosa, 24, of Alamo, Texas.
• Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind.
• Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Mo.
• Sgt. Patrick O. Williamson, 24, of Broussard, La.
• Spc. Jared D. Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, Ill.
• Pfc. Christopher I. Walz, 25, of Vancouver, Wash.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Dunn and Bauer are married.
ReplyDeleteLittle Red Kama Sutra.
OR - VERY GOOD!
ReplyDeleteThank you, JCM.
ReplyDeleteLittle Red Kama Sutra.
ReplyDeleteBoom chicka Mao Mao...
Hey gak, in what capacity is Bauer poised to join the administration?
ReplyDeleteSo, yeah, looks like CC is gonna test drive the Brazilian Swedish C2 Neo-cups.
ReplyDeleteI'm lost! LOL
JCM: Thanks for the link. Head is bowed.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I wonder; where they dismounted from the Strykers when they were hit? I remember reaganite (back in the old days) opining that he thought the Stryker had even better blast protection for those inside than did an Abrams.
I always thought that 'Dolorous Stroke' would be a kick ass band name.
ReplyDeleteCorre∫pondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteHey gak, in what capacity is Bauer poised to join the administration?
Bob Bauer, Lawyer to Obama and Democratic Party, Eyed as New White House Counsel
Fox News ^ | October 23, 2009 | Major Garrett
Posted on October 23, 2009 12:35:11 PM CDT by khnyny
Robert (Bob) Bauer, the top lawyer for the Democratic National Committee and personal lawyer to President Obama and his chief campaign counsel, is emerging as the top candidate to replace Greg Craig as White House Counsel, Fox News has learned.
Senior White House officials declined to comment on Bauer's future status with the White House. But Democrats close to the situation said Bauer is under serious consideration as Craig's replacement. Craig is expected to leave the White House by year's end - if not sooner.
Gak:
ReplyDeleteRe: Craig, another one bites the bus
Dunn is a liar. She did not quote or refer to Lee Attwater. She directly quoted Mao, referred to him as one of her two favourite political philosophers, and described the circumstances in which he said the quote she used. This was no passing refernce to some second hand quote.
ReplyDeleteAnita Dunn is lying.
OR,
ReplyDeleteThe attack that killed the 8 was a combined attacked, IED then an ambush. It was large well coordinated attack.
I haven't seen any action reports as of yet.
Kenneth:
ReplyDeleteShe did not quote or refer to Lee Attwater.
No, but since she claimed (after the fact, once the shitstorm broke) that she "got" the quote from Atwater (whatever the hell that means)... well, she certainly wouldn't, you know, lie or anything, while trying to simultaneously smear a prominent Republican who's conveniently dead and therefore incapable of defending himself... would she? Of course not! So it must be true. And therefore, the quote was perfectly okay, and move along now, there's nothing to see here.
/so goes the "reasoning" in some quarters, anyway
Who is making these IED's? Was it an armor piercing sharped charge IED? Can the Taliban make those? In Iraq, the shaped charge IED's were made in Iran and smuggled across the border. Are the Iranians supplying them to the Taliban now?
ReplyDeleteKenneth, you're quite right. But remember, no one cares. The "right" got upset (hysterical), therefore Dunn is perfectly free to spin, lie, flatter and face.
ReplyDeleteLots of people have quoted Mao. I promise you, Atwater never called Mao his favourite philosopher. Dunn said that. And now she's lying.
ReplyDeleteI've quoted all lot of commie bastards.
ReplyDeleteI quote them.
I don't call them a "favorite" philosopher that I "always" turn too.
I quote them to know what the enemies of liberty think.
Are the Iranians supplying them to the Taliban now?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the Grand Ayatollah is very, very concerned, and looking into these allegations right now.
/Obama
//oh, wait, that was the election thingy, never mind
///but hey, it still works, let's roll with it!
Dianna said...
ReplyDeleteKenneth, you're quite right. But remember, no one cares. The "right" got upset (hysterical), therefore Dunn is perfectly free to spin, lie, flatter and face.
She was free to do that anyway.
The media, "breaking" away from Obama-worship as they supposedly are, is still remarkably uncritical of anything to do with his administration.
/oh, and Fox is evil
/Tea Party! Luap Nor!
/etc.
From last thread:
ReplyDeleteOldLineTexan said...
With Vidal, it's probably the inevitable result of syphilis.
Perhaps he got syphilis
On a visit to Tiflis
Perhaps he took a kiss
That he shouldn't have done
Oh, yes, maybe syphilis
On a visit to Tiflis
And now he takes the piss
Out of everyone.
Gore Vidal had a good run for a bastard, and needs to retire before his dotage becomes embarrassing.
ReplyDeletebuzz, there's also the classic parody of the Beatles' "Yesterday":
ReplyDeleteSyphilis
It just started with a simple kiss
Now it hurts for me to take a piss
Oh, syphilis
came suddenly
Obama's advisors....
ReplyDeleteFrank Marshall Davis... commie
Cloward & Piven... commie
Ayers... Marxist
Wright... Marxist
Jones... Marxist
Dunn... Maoist
But far be it from me to try to spiro-cheat buzz out of his syphilis punning laurels.
ReplyDeleteOccasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteBut far be it from me to try to spiro-cheat buzz out of his syphilis punning laurels.
Go ahead and discharge a few puns; just don't be a drip about it.
/ewww, I just grossed myself out
Origin of Specious said...
ReplyDeleteGak:
Re: Craig, another one bites the bus
heh. For some reason, the image of all the school buses in post-Katrina New Orleans popped into my mind.
There's pleny of room
JCM - I'm surprised that there hasn't been a spectacular internecine blood-letting, then.
ReplyDeleteJCM - I'm surprised that there hasn't been a spectacular internecine blood-letting, then.
ReplyDeleteEveryone is focused on Rush.......
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteGo ahead and discharge a few puns; just don't be a drip about it.
Allow me to point out that the old pejorative of referring to someone as "a drip" was, in fact, a reference to gonorrhea.
Go ahead and discharge a few puns; just don't be a drip about it.
ReplyDeleteBravo!
Clap
Clap
Clap
Dianna, the blood-letting comes AFTER they assume power.
ReplyDeleteI've conquered the veneral disease pun thread!
ReplyDeleteVeni,V.D., vici
I always thought "Vinnie Vidivicci" would be a cute nic.
ReplyDeleteIt'd sound like you had a speech impediment.
ReplyDeleteWhat's a VD pun set doing in a thread about Obama's AIDS?
ReplyDelete/oh Lord, I done it now
House Leader Calls Health Bill "1,990 Pages Of Bureaucracy"
ReplyDeletevideo
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteIt'd sound like you had a speech impediment.
I do have a speech impediment.
I want to give speeches, and the lack of a forum impedes me.
The Kaus linky is still teh broken, BTW.
ReplyDeleteKaus and effect?
ReplyDeleteThere's a new comic up. The house rules prevent linking or further discussion of it.
ReplyDelete/you'll either get the reference and already have it bookmarked or you've been missing something that's totally hilarious
bsm, write 'em down.
ReplyDeleteI'd subscribe to that.
Killian Bundy said...
ReplyDeleteThere's a new comic up. The house rules prevent linking or further discussion of it.
/you'll either get the reference and already have it bookmarked or you've been missing something that's totally hilarious
Can someone tell Pink or OR so they can tell me?
/pouting
buzz:
ReplyDeleteI want to give speeches, and the lack of a forum impedes me
If it's any consolation: What with your constant, critical evaluations of our current President, you're one of my favorite O-raters.
I'm clueless, too, OLT.
ReplyDeleteKillian Bundy said...
ReplyDeleteThere's a new comic up. The house rules prevent linking or further discussion of it.
/you'll either get the reference and already have it bookmarked or you've been missing something that's totally hilarious
After 5 days, is it really still a "new" comic?
OH. I think I know what you're talking about, K/B. It took me until now to get it! DUH.
ReplyDeleteOLT, Pinkie is unavailable right now, I think.
Hey! I was just Wiki-surfing, and I think I may have just found a girlfriend for Sasquatch... to wit:
ReplyDeleteIn Danish (Scandinavian) tradition the hunted (the prey of the 'Wild Hunt') is a female troll, old elf, or jötunn-like figure named Slattenpat, which literally means "Wobbly-boob".
The ugly-looking Slattenpat runs away putting her long hanging breasts over her shoulders in order to run faster.
OLT, I just now saw that about the Kaus link - I'll go fix it.
ReplyDeletePi Guy said...
ReplyDeleteAfter 5 days, is it really still a "new" comic?
/I don't check every day, it was new to me
Done - thanks OLT! (Occasionally I forget to stick the URL in my code, then Blogspot inserts their own address.)
ReplyDeleteIt maybe worth the deleted comment just to link to that site. I find it funny as hell. I wonder who is stalking who sometimes.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone tells you that the CBO shows that the House bill reduces the deficit, do not fall for it (not that anyone here would). It pushes Billions of $ off to the (broke-ass) states and then...tada! It doesn't look so expensive.
ReplyDeleteOLT, OR: There's a guy who does parody comics about certain people and places, and we can't allow links to it here - our policy forbids it.
ReplyDeleteIf you're aware of its existence, that should help you figure out what this is about.
Erik said "It maybe worth the deleted comment"
ReplyDeleteDelete your comment? CC will disappear your ass!
/
Oh those fun lovin' Danes! Wobbly-boob thread!
ReplyDeleteNope, CC, I don't know the site... ah, well, life goes on.
ReplyDeleteLater!
LOL - no, I won't, but I would like everyone to consider what they're posting please. (See? It's like an infection. Once someone mentions "it", we're off to the races. LOL : )
ReplyDeleteNever mind. I figured it out.
ReplyDeleteMore! Later!
I'm sure someone will tell you, O/R. I can't but I'm sure someone will.
ReplyDeleteSome days our policy is a real PITA. : )
Oh, okey dokey!
ReplyDeleteThe famous cartoon about the Dreyfuss Affair:
ReplyDeleteA family is about to sit down to a lovely dinner. The father decrees, "No one is to mention it!"
Next panel shows wreckage, blood on the walls, a fork stuck in the table and the caption, "They mentioned it!"
Corre∫pondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteLOL - no, I won't, but I would like everyone to consider what they're posting please. (See? It's like an infection. Once someone mentions "it", we're off to the races. LOL : )
All of us here respect C2's policies. I am just in a pissy mood tonight. Maybe we can have a private thread, when the new home opens, just to vent once.
DIanna - heh. You gave me a laugh.
ReplyDeleteHeh. (I know, it seems pretty stupid sometimes - we're really doing it so we don't get consumed with it all, not to try to keep anyone from thinking/feeling what they think/feel, or talking about it elsewhere - we just don't want that to be the focus of C2.)
ReplyDeleteAh yes, Captain Dreyfuss(sp?), the innocent fall guy for a bunch of traitors, chosen because he was jewish. I recall reading about that years ago... Gonna have to go read up on that again.
ReplyDeleteAll of us here respect C2's policies. I am just in a pissy mood tonight. Maybe we can have a private thread, when the new home opens, just to vent once.
ReplyDeleteI understand, ETR - believe me, I do. I never doubted your respect for the policy.
Seems like a good time for me to put up a new thread.
ReplyDeleteI was going to say 'throw up', but that sounded funny.
BRB. : )
was going to say 'throw up', but that sounded funny.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, we could post the editorial piece, "Delivering Street Pizza" by Ralph Earle.
DONE. And I am first, Bare! IN. YOUR. FACE. : )
ReplyDeleteDONE. And I am first, Bare in your face : )
ReplyDeleteCool. Can't wait.
MESSAGE CONTROL: Attorney General Eric Holder Tries to Kill a TV ad for School Vouchers. (Via NewsAlert.)
ReplyDelete/Just how pathetic can this bunch become?
Just how pathetic can this bunch become?
ReplyDeleteYou should bring that up to the new thread upstairs, mah friend.